Happy Monday everyone,
I wanted to let you know about two minor changes we’ve rolled out on the Forums today
1. Accessing Your Profile Page
After you login to Fodors.com, your Member Name is displayed in the top right part of your screen on every page of Fodor’s. You may have noticed that the words Profile and Account Settings no longer appear next to your Member Name. To access your profile, simply click on your Member Name at the top of any Fodors.com screen. This will take you to your profile page. To change your Account Settings (such as email address, password, etc.), please go to your profile page and click on the Account Settings button under your profile picture.
2. Using the Orange Triangle: Flagging Individual Comments
We’ve added the flag this icon (a.k.a. the orange triangle) to every Forums comment. This will allow you to report offensive material or spam on a comment by comment basis and will make it easier and quicker for us to moderate. The orange triangle will still appear on every profile page and at the top of every thread in case you need to report a user or entire topic.
If you have any questions or problems, please let me know by leaving a comment here in Forums Help or emailing me at forum@fodors.com
Forums updates: accessing your profile and flagging comments
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I don't see it as comment specific. I still see it at the top for the entire topic.
starrs I see an orange triangle flag in the top right corner of your comment.
Ann Marie
Finally an update for the "triangle"! I tried changing the username and email address on the pop-up page and it wouldn't allow it - great improvement!
I see it too - you have to scroll over it for it to be "active".
Thanks, Amy.
Hello Amy_D. Are you aware that the triangle at each post is very faded and that is only becomes orange when one puts their cursor over the triangle. It is not a problem for me but I wonder if new posters or those that don't read your announcement will even notice the triangles. Best regards.
Ahh!

Good addition
....I see potential for abuse of the triangle once again.
Orange? Looks yellow to me...
Thanks Amy.
I see you have 'sticky' capability now.....
What does that mean, Lynda?
Amy: How about moving the Forum Help to the bottom of the list on the change Forum menu. Very easy to click the Help when attempting to change to the Lounge, both begin with "F" and are next to each other.
It would be even better if the help was separted by a line (-----------)from the rest of the list.
Just a suggestion.
Many thanks, this is a great improvement!!
Another vote for yellow...
Looks yellow to me, too.
Thanks for the update Amy
Oooops sorry, I have mistakenly clicked on the "report this comment" triangle next to Hanuman's comment. didn't mean to
I see the words 'Report Abuse' a top each posters name when you run the mouse curser over. Personally I find that a little startling. It's kinda like a constant reminder to make reports each time someone posts. That seems a little over kill.
Thanks Amy - I think the new triangle strategy is a very good idea.
It looks like my triangle has hair growing on it.
Yellow again !!
Amy, If someone clicks the "Report this Comment" icon, what happens next? Thanks!
It turns orange when you move your cursor around and touch the dotted line under the poster's comment or the comment ityself.
Twina, when you click the triangle on a box pops up. It shows your screen name and the email address you have registered with Fodor's along with a reminder to update your email with Fodor's if you have changed it.
Under that is a box where you can type in your complaint or concern about the post. You will see the send button and your message will go to Fodor's for their review.
Just click on any triangle and you will see the above described box. You can close the box so don't worry about having sent a complaint, unless you want to of course.
Yellow it is.
I'm happy with the new flag. I get up really early in the morning and have seen all sorts of ads but never could figure out how to report them. Now I know
Thanks for the heads up
This is a big improvement IMO.
TY.
Now offensive posts can be removed without destroying the entire thread.
Thanks Amy
Amy - the email box that pop ups when I click on the triangle is too big. On my netbook the bottom is below the bottom of my screen, and since I can't scroll it I can't click enter. It really doesn't need to be that big - how much space does someone need to say "this is advertizing/offensive/etc"?
@thursdaysd - Thanks for bringing this to my attention. I sent this over to our web developer to investigate. We should hopefully have a fix up shortly.
Hit the yellow triangle and this is what you get:
Error loading. Please close window and try again.
Amy, I just clicked on the triangle for Steelersfan post and I reached the message box just fine. I did notice that the box now shows which post one is flagging which is good in case one flags the wrong post. I didn't of course flag Steerlersfan post.
Good thing!
Mine still doesn't work.
I wasn't trying to flag anyone either, just wanted to see the extra large message box described.
Amy, I emailed you twice and twice the emails bounced back. Is it just me?
Hi Mohan - looks like there was a typo in my original message. The email address is forums@fodors.com. That's why you were getting the bounce back. Sorry about that, please try to resend.
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Amy, per Dayenu's comment about clicking on the triangle (see her thread) I just tested the flagging triangle and got the Error message, so your crew needs to check that out it appears. Regards.
Well now the error message is gone here, but I can see the giant reply box, which does not scroll, and is too big to see the bottom of....guess this was designed to eliminate any comments being reported.